Wet

We woke up to overcast and a gentle, soaking rain began to fall at breakfast.  Although the wind had ceased, the birds were scarce in the morning.  Downy woodpeckers were lured in by the suet.  Mallards didn't like the rain.  I spied a kingfisher downstream through the trees. 

Around 2pm bands of blue sky began moving through and the clouds were gone by mid afternoon, though everything dripped.  Steam rose off the pool cover.  A great blue heron stalked along the creek beyond the dam.  Geese and mallards paddled around.

A mockingbird fed on beauty berries. A couple of blue jays called and fussed up in the pines.  Juncos popped around tree branches.

At sunset, about 8 or 9 egrets settled in a tree by the lake, but apparently there were too many because half flew away before I could find a gap through the foliage to take a photo.